A self titled film based on the character and comic is scheduled to be released in May, 2011. It is currently in post-production with Kenneth Branagh directing and Chris Hemsworth starring as Thor. Hemsworth is also contracted to reappear as Thor in the film, The Avengers set to be released in 2012.

Writer-editor Stan Lee described Thor's genesis, in the context of having been after the creation of the Hulk: